> > I just always get annoyed when people say things like "if there was intelligent > life > > out there we would have already discovered traces or received a signal back" and > it's > > then that I realize that person has no grasp on the absolute vastness, size, and > most > > importantly the AGE of space. > > "Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind- bogglingly big it is. > I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just > peanuts to space." -DNA
Is it time to compare "35 light years" to "half a billion miles" yet?
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